In the Blue

I see the world

when I close my eyes

when I listen in the blue.

I hear a voice which has lived

in the blue so long that it contains

all memories, all mistakes, all fantasies.

A voice in zero, where it’s quiet

so quiet that I can hear all names

in one name, where the blue flame licks

this name to a burning whisper,

the voice that lifts you from inside

takes you out to sea

where a thunderstorm is building

and brings you back over the still water,

the voice that goes

where nobody else dares.

That voice burns in me,

in the blue. 

Agneta Falk

(courtesy of the author)

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Responses from the artists

The artworks listed in order of arrival

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"Blue Bodies" by Jon Baird,  Queensland, Australia

http://www.jonbaird.com/

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"Dreaming of the Blue" by Alan Kent Chávez Chávez, Trujillo

http://www.alankent.info/

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"Journey of Hope" by ILham Mahfouz, Syria/U.S.A.

http://www.artistilhambadreddinemahfouz.com/

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"Blue abstraction" by Alexandr Chulkov, Czech Republic

http://www.saatchionline.com/Alexandr

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"Burn in the Blue" by Rolando Duartes Rensoli, Switzerland

http://www.saatchionline.com/duartes

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 'Cloudy Conversation' by Alan Hogan, Karjaa, Finland 

http://www.alanhogano.webs.com/

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"Azul" by Vitor Mohinos, Lisbon, Portugal

 http://www.vitormoinhos.com/

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A tribute to "In the Blue" - poem by Agneta Falk

 Artist: Joseph Solivan, Arecibo, Puerto Rico

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"Au coeur de la galaxie" by Alix, France

http://www.alix-arts.com

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"Blue Dance" by Octavian Florescu, Romania

http://www.florescugallery.com/

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A tribute to "In the Blue" - poem by Agneta Falk

Artist: André Schreuder, Delft, Netherlands

http://www.schreuder-art.nl/About%20Andre

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"Blue river" by Lena Birksten, Sweden

http://www.saatchionline.com/birksten1

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"Blueprint" by Jane Skinner, U.K.

http://www.janeshearts.co.uk/

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A tribute to "In the Blue" - poem by Agneta Falk

Artist: Merima Ibrisimovic, Bosnia and Herzegowina

http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/merima-ibrisimovic.html

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"Blue Sea Flowers" by Jacky Phaengtho, Thailand

 http://www.artjacky.com/gallery/Gallery/HomePage

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A tribute to "In The Blue" - poem by Agneta Falk

Artist: Yuri Kabisher, Tel-Aviv, Israel

Link: http://www.iyart.com/yuri/

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"Electric boy" by  Jasna Nicolic, Serbia

http://www.jasnanikolic.com/

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Title: woman(여인)
Tearing Art (테어링아트) by Yim Choon Lee, Korea

http://yimchoonlee.com/

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"Real ilusión" by Tamara Valdovino, Chile

http://www.artmajeur.com/tamaravaldovino

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"Magical" by Marjo Mommersteeg, Netherlands

http://www.artbreak.com/marjomommersteeg

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"Arguing Group" by Bernard Rangel, U.K.

http://www.artgallery.co.uk/artist/bernard_rangel

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"Blue velvet" by Robert Fürbacher, Trutnov, Czech Republic

 http://artillusion.info 

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"Azul" by Karina Rodríguez, Honduras

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.203129269793.132905.176516014793

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"In the Blue" by Aleko Batashvili, Tbilisi, Georgia

http://www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/a/aleko1/

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 "Freya Burning Blue" pen and ink on vellum by Mia Barkan Clarke, New York, U.S.A

http://www.miaart.com/

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A tribute to "In the Blue" poem by Agneta Falk

Artist: Misako Chida, Dalian, China

http://www.saatchionline.com/misakochida

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"Divinity" by Helina Million, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia

http://www.artbreak.com/Helina

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"Horses and riders" by Gertrud Louise Sørensen and Bent Olle Sørensen, Denmark

http://www.gertrudsorensen.com/

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A tribute to "In the Blue" poem by Agneta Falk

Artist: Manana Kavtaradze, Tbilisi, Georgia

http://www.saatchionline.com/mancho

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"Fishswarm blue" by Sirpa Mononen, Switzerland

http://www.saatchionline.com/profile/196892

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A tribute to "In the Blue" poem by Agneta Falk

Artist: Jong-o Park, South Korea

http://www.artbreak.com/thedeep5/show/3

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"You" painting by Randi Antonsen, Norway

http://www.randiantonsen.com/index.html

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"Resting in Blue Fire" by Janet Morgan, Brooklyn, N.Y. - U.S.A.

http://janetmorgan.net/

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"Zéphyr" by Sylvia Adjabroux, Bordeaux, France

http://www.sylvieadjabroux.com/

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"Starting out" by Stelu Zamfir, Romania

http://steluzamfir.wix.com/artestelu

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"Soul of nature" by Daniel Berdala, Barcelona, Spain

http://www.danielberdala.com/index.php/en/

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"Play Moon" by Loi Duc Nguyen, Vietnam

http://ducloiart.com/

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"Blue Landscape" by Qinlinge, China

http://qinlinge.weebly.com/

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"Conceptual Corporate - Blue" by Lalit Jain, India

http://www.lalitkjain.com/

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"Flower Hill" (code 583) by Lam Nguyen, Vietnam

http://www.artbreak.com/LamNguyen

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"Where the blue flame licks" Visual Poetry by Carla Bertola, Italy

http://www.ulu-late.com/atlante/bertola.htm

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A tribute to "In the Blue" poem by Agneta Falk

Visual Poetry by  Alberto Vitacchio, Italy

http://www.ulu-late.com/english/atlas/vitacchio.htm

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"Blue in Red and Green  after de Kooning" by Adel Gorgy,  

 Long Island, U.S.A.

http://adelgorgy.com/

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 "Through a Looking Glass" by Marsha Solomon,

   Long Island, U.S.A.

http://www.marshasolomon.com/index.html

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"Vida" by Raymundo Garza, Monterrey, Mexico

http://raymundogarza.blogspot.it/

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"Creation of Life I" by Basri Mekolli, University of Pristina, Kosova

http://www.saatchionline.com/basrimekolli

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"Creation of Life II" by Basri Mekolli, University of Pristina, Kosova

http://www.saatchionline.com/basrimekolli

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"Bridge of Transformation" by David P. Klein. U.S.A.

http://wafglobal.ning.com/profile/DavidPKLEINart

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A tribute to "In the Blue" poem by Agneta Falk

Artist: FOTEINH XAMIDIELH, Greece

http://www.saatchionline.com/fhamidieli

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A tribute to "In the Blue" poem by Agneta Falk

Artist: Mazhyx Orellana  Calle, Ecuador

http://www.mazhyx.com/

http://www.wearethefrontier.com/members/mazhyx/

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"Patient" by Djunaidi Kenyut

Ubud, Bali 80571 - Indonesia.

https://www.facebook.com/djunaidi.kenyut

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"In the blue"

Digital art

3543 x 5906 píxeles, 300 ppi, 2013

Alejandra Miranda, Argentina

www.alejandramiranda.com.ar

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"In the Blue" by Mirek Antoniewicz, Poland

http://mirekantoniewicz.webs.com/aboutmyart.htm

"Vie mut kotiin"

painting by Solimar Nogueira, Brazil

http://pictify.com/user/solimarnogueira

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"Nightscape" by Carolyn Mary Kleefeld, Big Sur, USA

http://www.carolynmarykleefeld.com/

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"Blue" by Lidia Chiarelli, Italy

http://lidiachiarelli.jimdo.com/

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"Blue" by Gianpiero Actis, Italy

http://gianpieroactis.jimdo.com/

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"Blue Gate on the Street of the Prophets, Jerusalem"

by Helen Bar-Lev, Israel

http://www.helenbarlev.com/

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"Che ne sai di me"  dal concorso "Fotografa una canzone"

by Anna Borrattaz, Italy

http://www.ceramics-castellamonte.it/borrattaz.htm

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A tribute to "In the Blue" poem by Agneta Falk

Artist: Elio Torrieri, Italy

http://www.undo.net/it/mostra/93546

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A tribute to "In the Blue" poem by Agneta Falk

Visual poem by Anna Torriero, Italy

http://www.undo.net/it/mostra/93546

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"In the Blue" by Maria Marachowska, Siberia / Germany

(acrylics, canvas board 40 x 60 , 2013)

http://www.marachowska.com/

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"In the Blue" by Iris  Weirich, Austria / Germany

(digital photo art)

http://www.photo-fiction.com/

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A tribute to "In the Blue" poem by Agneta Falk.

Artist: Benedict  Adedipe, Ghana

http://www.artmajeur.com/en/artist/adedipe

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A tribute to "In the Blue" poem by Agneta Falk

Artist: Tonely Ngwenya, Zimbabwe

http://www.look4design.co.uk/art/pages/gallery.asp?company_id=704

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A tribute to "In the Blue" poem by Agneta Falk

Artist: Mats Eriksson, Sweden

http://www.mats-eriksson.com/

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"Night Harvest" by Catherine Walker, Dandenong North, Australia

http://www.redbubble.com/people/synchronicity

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"Olokun" artwork by Oluwanbe Amodu, Nigeria 

(Araism Movement)

http://www.artwanted.com/artist.cfm?ArtID=19157

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"Slant House with Three Ocean Pearls" by Uli Ostermann, Canada

...The painting is about finding one’s inner home ( identity) by listening to the inner voice.

http://www.uliostermann.com/

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"Sometimes I feel blue" painting by Heike Schmidt, Germany.

http://www.blau-rot-schwarz-weiss.de/

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"Blue Porcelain" by Yim Choon Lee, South Korea

http://yimchoonlee.com/

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"Lorenzo dancing" by Funtears, Chicago, USA

http://funtears1.wix.com/naqeesart

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"Peace of mind" by Elias Jengo, Tanzania

http://www.eliajengo.com/index.html

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''Rythm of the sea'' by ILham Badreddine Mahfouz, Syria / USA

http://www.artistilhambadreddinemahfouz.com/

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A tribute to "In the Blue" poem by Agneta Falk

Artist: Yuko Shimizu, Japan

https://www.facebook.com/mienaimono

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"Play the Blues" by  Angu Walters, Cameroon

http://www.artcameroon.com/about/

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"Worship to the tree Goddess" by Damien Blue, Cameroon

http://www.artcameroon.com/new-damien-blue-paintings/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LbEkU4H37Q

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"Beyond and back again" painting by Hazel Cashmore, Scotland , UK

http://www.saatchionline.com/profile/11383

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